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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 997843" data-attributes="member: 14668">Guns are more efficient tools for killing people than bombs are. That fact is indisputable. It is also irrelevant to the core question of whether or not our 2nd Anendment rights had anything to do with the tragedy in Colorado.12 died and 56 were wounded, which is horrific. But nationwide, over the last 48 hours, more people than that were killed and injured as a result of drunken driving. On an annual basis, far more people die as a direct result of alcohol than die as a result of gunfire, and a large percentage of firearm fatalaties are also alcohol related. Yet despite that, I never seem to hear the Kleins or the TOS&#039;s of the world calling for prohibition or background checks or waiting periods for alcohol purchases as they do for guns. My guess us that they would regard such a level of government intrusion into their lives as being wholly unacceptable. In their view, overbearing nanny- state regulations are fine as long as they only apply to things (like guns) that other people want.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 997843, member: 14668"] Guns are more efficient tools for killing people than bombs are. That fact is indisputable. It is also irrelevant to the core question of whether or not our 2nd Anendment rights had anything to do with the tragedy in Colorado. 12 died and 56 were wounded, which is horrific. But nationwide, over the last 48 hours, more people than that were killed and injured as a result of drunken driving. On an annual basis, far more people die as a direct result of alcohol than die as a result of gunfire, and a large percentage of firearm fatalaties are [B]also[/B] alcohol related. Yet despite that, I never seem to hear the Kleins or the TOS's of the world calling for prohibition or background checks or waiting periods for alcohol purchases as they do for guns. My guess us that they would regard such a level of government intrusion into [I]their[/I] lives as being wholly unacceptable. In their view, overbearing nanny- state regulations are fine as long as they only apply to things (like guns) that [I]other[/I] people want. [/QUOTE]

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